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Shawl (rebozo)
Object Number 986-5-20/26190
Display Title Shawl (rebozo)
Descriptions
Indigenous Term Rebozo
Object Description Shawl (rebozo); White ground; two red warp bands at edges; purple warp float; four weft bands of red; weft-wise raised threads running the whole width of the cloth; brocade is single-sided onlay in shiny thread of gold, purple and silver-green; motifs are either simply symbolic or zoomorphic (bird-like) or floral; at the ends the brocade is very complex, consisting of mainly geometric patterns; fringes are very complicated hitched and knotted versions with colored shiny threads attached; badly stained (dye stain?), worn; hole
Inventory Description Shawl, fringe ends, geometric design in green, beige, purple, and gold
Classification
  • Shawl
Department Ethnographic
Date 1930-1939 ca?
Culture
  • Highland Maya
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Central America / Guatemala / Solola
Central America / Guatemala / Quetzaltenango
Additional Geographic Terms Lake Atitlan region
Materials Cotton
Dimensions Overall: 177 x 78.8 cm (69 11/16 x 31 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 986-5-20/26190
Provenance
Collector Augustus Ledyard Smith (1930-1939 ca? - 1986)
Donor Augustus Ledyard Smith (1930-1939 ca? - 1986)

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